BLANCA M. JENSEN

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CREATIVE OFFICE & PROJECT MANAGER

Communications Administrative Support Project Management An office manager with expertise in all facets of office administration, events management, scheduling and travel itinerary planning, events organization, business communications, budgeting, database management and financial reporting. Also enjoys multi-tasking, fast-paced environments where making quick decisions are a must, as well as managing one-person offices. This creative professional has linguistic facility in four languages, has a background in theatre, academia, international business and diplomacy, and managing domestic violence prevention and ancillary organizations. Hopes to use broad expertise in communications, administration, and project management to start a new career adventure, and is willing to learn new industry.

§ Fluent in French & Danish

§ Basic Spanish & Norwegian

§ Team Building & Leadership

§ Multi-tasking/Deadlines

§ Travel Planning & Itineraries

§ MS Office

§ Verbal Communication

§ Written Communication

§ Telephone Etiquette

§ New Business Development

§ Contact List Management

§ Apple Computer Operation

§ Events Planning

§ Office Administration

§ Written Reports

§ Database Management

§ Budgeting

§ PC Computer Operation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles, CA 2001 – 2015 Executive Assistant to the Vice President & Roslyn & Abner Goldstine Dean’s Chair, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, 2003 – 2015

§ Handled all aspects of office administration, events and board (including minutes and final report) organization and management, scheduling and travel itinerary planning, business communications, budgeting, database management (updating alumni lists), financial reporting, business letter composition and report writing, and heavy calendaring. Extensive contact with board members and donors, and daily problem solving with faculty, students and staff.

Executive Assistant to the President, 2001 – 2003

§ Handled all aspects of office administration, events and board (including minutes and final report), planning organization and management scheduling and travel itinerary planning, business communications with board members, donors, faculty and staff, budgeting, database management and financial reporting, and heavy calendaring.

OASIS OFFICE PRODUCTS, Los Angeles, CA 1999 – 2001 Personal & Administrative Assistant to the President/CEO

§ Handled all aspects of office administration, reorganization of company filing system, events management, business communications and customer service, inventory control, reports, budgeting and database management.

DOJ MANDATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM AND TRAINING PROJECT 1995 – 1999 Office Manager in Domestic Violence Prevention on the Pine Ridge Native American Reservation, S. Dakota

§ Provided administrative support to the director of this program and managed all aspects of organizing the new domestic violence prevention organization.

§ Organized and managed four domestic violence prevention training programs per year to train Native American tribes throughout the U.S. in domestic violence prevention and coordinated and facilitated training sessions at workshops.

§ Managed office administration, budget, wrote grants and provided daily assistance to project office and its ancillary organizations, including two shelters, a men’s re-education program in domestic violence, and a court specifically for domestic violence cases, and attended domestic violence court. BLANCA M. JENSEN

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Assistant to the Director, and Shelter Worker, Rosebud Reservation, S. Dakota 1992 – 1994

§ Provided summer administrative support to the director of domestic violence shelter on the Rosebud Native American Reservation.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara, CA 1982 – 1988 Secretary to the Director, Department of Environmental Health & Safety

§ Took and transcribed correspondence for Director, maintained office files, scheduling and travel itinerary planning, and provided information communication on health and safety issues to staff, students, and faculty.

Secretary to the Chief Of Police, University of California Police Department

§ Handled all aspects of office administration, maintained police logs, scheduling, liaison with students regarding police protocols, and provided database management and attendance records. Daily interaction with students and faculty on police and university safety policies. Previous experience includes six-years as a SECRETARY at the UNITED NATIONS in New York, and five years as ASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCIAL PLANNING at A.P. MOLLER in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR of the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION in Copenhagen, Denmark. Duties included composing and typing documents and correspondence in three languages according to UN formats, organizing meetings throughout Europe, as well as airline and travel itineraries, securing travel documents for experts to travel iron-bloc countries, developing guidelines, procedures, attended all meetings in host countries, taking notes and developing final meeting reports.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Master of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara (summa cum laude)

{Secretarial Diploma], Nancy Taylor Secretarial and Finishing School, New York, NY COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

[Vista Volunteer], Corporation for National & Community Service.

[Director, Assistant Director & Assistant to the Artistic Theatre Director], Santa Barbara, CA

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